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Analiza protoka i volumenskog stupnja iskoristivosti trohoidne pumpe primjenom Taguči metode
Lozica Ivanović, Blaža Stojanović, Jasmina Blagojević, Gordana Bogdanović, Aleksandar Marinković
Keywords: ANOVA; flow rate; gerоtor; Таguchi method; trochoidal pump; volume efficiency
Analiza protoka i volumenskog stupnja iskoristivosti trohoidne pumpe primjenom Taguči metode
Ključne riječi: ANOVA; gerotor; protok; Taguči metoda; trohoidna pumpa; volumenski stupanj iskoristivosti
1 Introduction the change in the flow rate and the volumetric efficiency
of gerоtor pumps.
Trochoidal (gerоtor) pumps belong to the group of Kim et al. [5] developed a new methodology for the
planetary rotary gear pumps with a trochoidal gearing flow rate control in trochoidal hydraulic pumps that is
profile. In practice, trochoidal gearing profiles are used based on cavitation simulation. This methodology was
both for internal and external gearing. Rotary pumps developed using software packets AMESim & CATIA
mainly have internal gearing [1, 2]. V5. A mathematical model of the gerоtor pump that can
The gerоtor mechanism studied in this paper consists simulate both the gerоtor pump and the cycloidal reducer
of two movable elements: an internal drive gear with was proposed by Hwang and Hsie [6, 7], while
external gearing and an external drive gear with internal Mohammad Reza designed the elliptical shaped intertooth
gearing. The external gear has one more tooth than the space of the gear with internal gearing of the gerоtor
internal one, and the space between their profiles pump in order to minimize wear [8]. Jung Sung-Yuen et
comprises the pump chambers. During the operation, each al. applied Taguchi method to determine the optimal
chamber periodically enters the suction and the discharge shape of the rotor and to design pump parameters [9].
zone, while the gear with external gearing has a role of In this paper, the possibilities offered by Taguchi
the discharging element [1÷3]. The fluid flow in gerоtor method have been utilised to determine the optimal values
pumps is uniform, and the operation is quiet due to of the trochoid radius, the number of revolutions and the
relatively low speed of their working elements. Because pressure that will yield as high values of the flow rate and
of their numerous advantages, gerоtor pumps have found volumetric efficiency as possible. It has been shown that
wide application. applying this method the time needed to perform
Functional characteristics of the pump are experiments and obtain optimal values of the analysed
significantly influenced by the gear pair parameters. The parameters is considerably saved, which is a significant
influence of geometric parameters of the gear pair profile contribution of the paper to this field of study.
and working parameters of the pump on its functional Мinitab 16 software programme package [10] has
characteristics has been studied in this paper. Taguchi been used for statistical processing of experimental results
method has been used for the analysis of the change in the of the flow rate and volumetric efficiency.
flow rate and the volumetric efficiency of the gerоtor
pump. 2 Taguchi method
Taguchi method is used to reduce the number of
experimental tests and thus experimental costs while Taguchi methods are statistical methods developed by
identifying the most influential factors and determining Dr. Genichi Taguchi to improve the quality of products
optimal values of the studied factors [4]. These [11].
advantages of Taguchi method have been employed to
determine the optimal values of the factors that influence
Where:
• the average value of the process response is:
n
1
y=
n
∑ yi , (2)
i =1
n
( yi − y )2 ,
S= ∑ n −1
(3)
i =1 Figure 1 Gerotor pump
where: yi – is the studied parameter, and n – is the The testing plan was made in accordance with the
internal standards of the company. In order to minimize
number of experiments.
the influence of the housing geometry, all the models of
• For type B, the second form of Taguchi loss function,
the pump gear pairs were tested in the same housing.
in cases when a maximum target response value is
Prior to testing, the stability of the working parameters
desired:
(the pressure, the number of revolutions and the
temperature) was checked. The stability of these
parameters was also maintained during the measurements, volumetric efficiency were determined [17]. The
which enabled all the models to be tested in volumetric efficiency represents the ratio between the
approximately same conditions [17]. measured flow rate value at the working pressure and the
Based on the measured flow rate values for different measured flow rate value at the lowest pressure values at
models and different test parameters, values of the the pump outlet.
Table 2 Orthogonal matrix L9 with experimental results and calculated S/N ratios
Q S/N for Q S/N for η
Experiment A B C η
l/min dB dB
1 1.375 500 1 6.90 0.9928 16.7770 −0.06276
2 1.375 1000 59 13.10 0.9704 22.3454 −0.26098
3 1.375 2000 10 25.70 0.9536 28.1987 −0.41268
4 1.575 500 59 6.30 0.9130 15.9868 −0.79058
5 1.575 1000 109 12.00 0.8791 21.5836 −1.11923
6 1.575 2000 19 27.10 1.0000 28.6594 0.00000
7 1.675 500 10 5.55 0.7986 14.8859 −1.95341
8 1.675 1000 1 13.40 1.0000 22.5421 0.00000
9 1.675 2000 59 26.20 0.9813 28.3660 −0.16396
3.1 Statistical analysis and discussion on the experimental Main Effects Plot for SN ratios
Data Means
results
A B
30
20
in Tab. 2. For the analysis of the obtained experimental
results, the orthogonal matrix L9 was used. Q denotes the 15
1.375 1.575 1.675 500 1000 2000
experimental flow rate results expressed in l/min, while η 30
C
10
while coefficient of the trochoid radius and the number of 5
revolutions have significant influence with 10.30 % and 1.375 1.575
C
1.675 500 1000 2000
5
1 5 10
Figure 3 The effect of the factor based on the mean value for the flow
Main Effects Plot for SN ratios The factor B, i.e. the number of revolutions, has the
Data Means
greatest effect on the increase of the flow rate, which is
A B
0.00 compliant with the above stated.
-0.25
The range of the factor influence and factor ranking
-0.50
-0.75
based on the S/N ration for the volumetric efficiency for
Mean of SN ratios
0.90
1 1
1 5 10 CI = Fα :1, V2 ⋅ Ve ⋅ + (6)
Figure 5 The effect of the factor based on the mean value of the eff r
n
volumetric efficiency
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